Employer Strategies

Hotels are launching work-from-hotel programs, through which operators not only offer workspace in hotel rooms, but also provide wifi, business support, refreshments and use of other facilities.

Upskilling improves retention, and there’s no better time to make the investment.

Through the partnership, employers can offer health, dental and vision benefits to contract employees through their credit cards.

Nearly one-third of respondents said they would be uncomfortable getting back to offices, shops and factories, while half said their greatest concern was contracting the disease at work.

HR is leaning on education in the hopes they can teach employees how to choose high-quality, low-cost healthcare on their own.

Saving for retirement is undermined when employees are also building up debt at the same time.

The COVID-19 crisis is creating greater challenges for certain employee demographics, impacting their ability to save for retirement.

To the extent rising vacancy rates persist and lead to lower rents, it becomes an opportunity for companies to take advantage of their leverage and splurge on more space at a discount.

“She has this unique perspective, based on her legal background, her advisory background,” says Marah Funder, director of marketing at EBS. “She has always been the one to identify a need or a deficit before anyone else does.”

Though it was initially necessary to keep employees from getting sick, remote work promises to make people more productive and happier while helping the environment and preserving infrastructure.